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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:04 PM
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Iran's army air force begins military exercise
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Iran's army air force begins military exercise
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state-run television says the country's army air force has begun a military exercise near Iran's northwestern border with Turkey.

Thursday's report says jet fighters, including American-made F-4s, F-5s and F-14s and Russian-made Sukhoi planes, are involved in the drill.

The exercise in the northwestern town of Tabriz also includes the new domestically manufactured jet fighter called the Saegheh, or Lightning.

The broadcast says the exercise is aimed at boosting Iran's defense capabilities, upgrading the morale of the army and displaying the might of the country's air force.

Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980s war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo
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amber_86 Donating Member (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:12 PM
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1. They are getting ready
I don't blame them. They are probably getting ready to see who going into the WH. They are scared of McCrack and Pafalin. But Obama is going into the WH, he has too.
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